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Threats remain even as the year winds down

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As the festive season gets under way, spare a thought for the commitment of those who watch and preside over us. As ordinary people wind

Expropriation threatens farming investments

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Is agricultural land a good investment? This is the question posed by Dr Frikkie Maré in a recent edition of Stockfarm. Based on his assessment

Thoughts on Christmastime

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This will be my last formal column for the year. As you read this, South Africa is entering the Christmas season. For millions of South

What the ‘downgrade’ means

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There is a dark irony in this: in the very week that the government held a major investment conference, Fitch and Moody’s downgraded South Africa’s

Fundamentally back to front

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Getting firms and entrepreneurs, be they local or foreign, to commit their money to the country will be an indispensable part of building a worthwhile

Empowerment policy holds mining back

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Mining’s future was once again on the table last week. Or should that perhaps be on the chopping block? The Junior Indaba, known – according

No post-Covid change on employment

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One the key messages from the pandemic and the lockdown was that for all the talk of how it would change the very nature of

No post-Covid change on employment

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One the key messages from the pandemic and the lockdown was that for all the talk of how it would change the very nature of

When ‘explanations’ beggar belief

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To get by in modern society, people need accurate information. Without it they have as good as no chance of understanding their environment, identifying the

When ‘explanations’ beggar belief

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To get by in modern society, people need accurate information. Without it they have as good as no chance of understanding their environment, identifying the